Google announced on July 11 that it poached key talent from the rapidly rising AI startup Windsurf, which until then had a reported $3 billion acquisition deal with OpenAI that has now collapsed. Instead, Google is paying $2.4 billion to hire away top Windsurf employees, including the companyâs CEO, and take a non exclusive license to its technology, according to Bloomberg. By poaching Windsurfâs top brains but not acquiring the startup itself, Google achieved two critical goals at once: it...
